You ran crying to the bedroom, I ran off to the bar
Another piece of heaven gone to hell
The words we spoke in anger just tore my world apart
And I sat there feeling sorry for myself
Then an old man sat down beside me and looked me in the eye
And he said, "Son, I know what you're going through
You ought to get down on your knees and thank your lucky stars
That you've got someone to go home to"
You don't know about lonely or how long nights can be
'Til you've lived through the story that's still living in me
You don't know about sadness 'til you face life alone
You don't know about lonely 'til it's chiseled in stone
So I brought these pretty flowers hoping you would understand
Sometimes a man is such a fool
Those golden words of wisdom from the heart of that old man
Showed me I ain't nothing without you
You don't know about lonely or how long nights can be
'Til you've lived through the story that old man just told me
And you don't know about sadness 'til you face life alone
You don't know about lonely 'til it's chiseled in stone
You don't know about lonely 'til it's chiseled in stone